The Soils of Bulgaria

• Main Authors: Shishkov, Toma (Author), Kolev, Nikola (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: World Soils Book Series,
• Subjects: Environment.; Geotechnical engineering.; Physical geography.; Geomorphology.; Agriculture.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Physical Geography.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

The Soils of Bulgaria offers a comprehensive analysis of the characteristics of soils and concepts on their magnitude. The purpose of the book is to introduce readers to the soil problematic and ecology in Bulgaria. The volume is divided into 3 parts. The first includes historical facts on soil rese...

Table of Contents:

• Contents.- Preface and acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. General facts of soils in Bulgaria
• Chapter 2. Chernozems
• Chapter 3. Grey-brown forest soils.- Chapter 4. Pseudopodzolic soils.- Chapter 5. Zheltozem soils
• Chapter 6. Smolnitza
• Chapter 7. Cinnamonic forest soils.- Chapter 8. Brown Forest Soils
• Chapter 9. Dark mountainous forest and mountainous meadow soils
• Chapter 10. Alluvial and deluvial soils
• Chapter 11. Hydromorphic soils with gleyic properties
• Chapter 12. Saline soils.- Chapter 13. Soils manifested slight development
• Chapter 14. Rendzinas (humus-calcareous) soils.- Chapter 15. Land use/cover in Bulgaria.- Chapter 16 Soils and humans.